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Hieda day seminar – Suicide first aid
- Date: May 15, 2023
- Time: 10:30 – 15:30
- Cost: Hieda Full Member – £145, Non-member – £290
- Audience: Healthcare professionals and medical providers, safeguarding teams and anyone caring for a person struggling with their mental health
- Venue: Zoom
Course outline
Suicide is a coping strategy for sever mental illness that is difficult to manage. Since covid the world has been more open to the concept of suicide and strives to put in place support and strategies to those struggling. This course aim to address the concept and looks closely at what we can do to help and what could be in place to prevent this happening in the first place
Training topics will include:
- What is suicide
- What does suicide first aid look like
- Resources and Strategies to support
- Documentation and the process in the workplace
Learning outcomes:
- To understand and be knowledgeable about suicide
- To be knowledgeable of how to support a team member
- To understand what is required of a suicide first aider
- To be able to advice and support others within the guidance.
Sarah Ashworth, Schools and Families Programme Director, The Charlie Waller Trust
Sarah Ashworth is Director of Schools and Families Programmes and a member of the Charlie Waller team delivering consultancy and training in colleges and universities.
Sarah holds professional qualifications in counselling and psychotherapy, nutritional therapy and coaching. She is a Registered and Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) a Member of the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Over the last 30 years, Sarah has worked with a wide variety of individuals and groups, particularly children and young people. Prior to joining Charlie Waller, she led a multidisciplinary team as Head of Mental Health at the University of Warwick. Sarah continues to work in private practice and teaches counselling related and psychopathology modules at the University of Warwick and the University of Oxford.
A highly experienced mental health practitioner and educator, Sarah’s passion is supporting others to understand the multitude of biological, psychological and sociological factors which influence mental health and wellbeing, providing training and interventions to facilitate wellbeing at an individual and collective level.
Lee Glaser, Director, HIEDA
Lee has extensive experience in pastoral care. Prior to becoming Headmaster and CEO at Taunton School in Somerset he was the School’s Deputy Head which involved leading the pastoral team and being the Designated Safeguarding Lead. Outstanding support for student and staff wellbeing has always been at the heart of his approach and the School was recently shortlisted for a TES Award for excellence in this area.
Lee has always worked closely with the School’s medical team which provided excellent support to the community, particularly during the COVID pandemic. He is excited to be supporting HIEDA members in delivering the highest quality of care in their own environments.